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Kayla Westenberger Arrested After Baby Found In Submerged SUV

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A 27-year-old Omro woman was arrested after her sport utility vehicle was found mostly submerged in the Fox River with her 8-month-old son trapped inside.

Kayla Westenberger was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and homicide by drunken driving after Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies were called to a boat landing Saturday night.

Omro-Rushford firefighters extricated Richard Westenberger from the white 2003 Ford Explorer and tried to save his life but the toddler was later pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, according to the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies were called to the Eureka boat landing in the Town of Rushford at 10:48 p.m. Saturday for a report of a vehicle discovered mostly submerged in the water.
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http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/106457073.html
Officers are trying to figure out how the vehicle got in the water in the first place, whether it rolled in on accident or was driven in on purpose.
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Friends of the woman though who live just down the road from the boat landing say she turned up their home late Saturday all wet.

"I said to her, 'Where's the baby?' She wouldn't answer me," said the friend.

An autopsy is planned for Monday morning in Fond du Lac. The case will be turned over to the Winnebago County District Attorney's Office to file charges.
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http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news...person-taken-to-hospital-in-winnebago-county-
 
I WANT to make a comment... I am too stunned.
All I can say is What. The. Fuck.
 
UPDATE: Mother Arrested in Fox Valley Baby's Death
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police are recommending drunken homicide charges against a 27-year-old Oshkosh area woman, after authorities found her baby in a submerged SUV.

Winnebago County sheriff’s deputies said today they’ll recommend an OWI charge against Kayla Westenberger of Omro, as well as a count of homicide by intoxicated driving.
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http://www.whbl.com/news/articles/2010/nov/01/baby-dies-after-being-pulled-submerged-suv/
 
Omro woman charged with homicide in son's drowning


OSHKOSH — Bond was set at $750,000 for an Omro woman accused of being drunk and high from marijuana when she drove into the Fox River at Eureka last weekend, killing her 8-month-old son.
Kayla B. Westenberger, 27, was charged Friday with first-degree reckless homicide, child neglect resulting in death and homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle as a repeat offender.

Authorities said she left the scene of the incident while her son remained trapped inside the mostly-submerged vehicle.
Westenberger, who is five months pregnant, kept her face mostly hidden in her hands while she appeared in Winnebago County Court via teleconference with an appointed public defender by her side.
If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 131 years in prison and $200,000 in fines.
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“This is a woman who has been through the system not just once, but more than once,” Gossett said. “She faces some very serious penalties.”
Westenberger has remained in custody since last Saturday when police arrested her at a friend’s residence on County E in Eureka. Authorities found her son earlier that night dead inside her partially submerged sport utility vehicle at the Eureka boat landing.

An autopsy of Westenberger’s son found the cause of his death consistent with drowning.

According to the criminal complaint, Westenberger and a friend took the child for a drive and decided to watch the sunset while having a drink. Westenberger told police she drank blackberry brandy, and at some point later in the night she went to another friend’s house and had two or three hits off a marijuana pipe.

She later took her friend home before driving to the boat landing. She told police she didn’t remember taking her friend home, and she didn’t know how her vehicle ended up in the water.

Authorities said Westenberger went back to the friend’s house after the incident at about 7:40 p.m. and changed out of her wet clothes and went to sleep. The friend called Westenberger’s husband around 10 p.m. The husband later discovered the vehicle in the water and called 911.
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http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20101105/APC0101/101105119/1004&located=rss
 
Really? Alcohol and marijuana can't convince me she didn't do this deliberately in some way. I drink, pot not so much but I have done both in my younger days. Even blacked out a few times...but always woke up the next morning with my clothes ready and my responsibilities taken care of even if I didn't remember. AND if I would have had children they would have been top of my list. All I am saying is even in an altered state u would take care of what is most dear to u. This woman didn't want This loving baby. It goes way beyond "oops I crashed my car"
 
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All I am saying is even in an altered state u would take care of what is most dear to u.
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If that was true, we would not see so many cases of people doing the most idiotic, asinine, and deadly things while "under the influence".
Few totally wasted people are responsible drunks and NO drunk is in control of their faculties. That's why it's illegal to drink and drive... and beyond minimal levels it's beyond criminal.
 
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An Omro mother accused of driving drunk and leaving her baby in an SUV submerged in the Fox River has been ordered to stand trial.

Kayla Westenberger, 27, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Winnebago County court. She faces charges of first-degree reckless homicide, homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, and child neglect with the consequences being the child’s death.

Prosecutors say Prosecutors say she is pregnant, but drank and smoked marijuana before her SUV was found Oct. 30 at the Eureka boat landing, her eight-month-old baby Richard Jr, belted in a car seat inside. Tests showed her blood alcohol at 0.129, more than one and a half times the legal limit for driving. (That would be her BAC level HOURS after she drove her baby into the river!!)
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http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/fox_cities/kayla-westenberger-ordered-to-stand-trial

Winnebago County Court Commissioner Daniel Bissett found there was probable cause to support charges of first degree reckless homicide, homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and child neglect resulting in death against Kayla B. Westenberger, 27. Because of prior convictions, all three charges carry a repeat offender enhancement that mean Westenberger could face up to 143 years in prison if convicted on all three counts.
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According to the criminal complaint, Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies found Westenberger sleeping and smelling of alcohol at a friend's home. The friend told police Westenberger arrived a few hours earlier soaking wet. Westenberger told investigators she did not know how she got to the friend's house and did not remember driving the vehicle into the river.
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http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20101203/OSH0101/12030389/Accused-mother-waives-cout-hearing
 
I can believe her version; I hate the hell out of her, but it's entirely possible. She, being that being drunk, ran off the road, into the water. She managed to get herself out, but was too drunk to get the baby out. It's possible, even probable, that she was in a blackout.
I know quite a few recovering drunks who relate stories, and not funny ones, about their actions when blacked out; of course it was usually the cops who told them what they had done. I still hate her.
 
To recap:

8 month old baby - left to drown in the back of the SUV
5 month pregnant mom -- driving drunk, drove down a boat ramp, left her baby to die.

So many things here:

She got pregnant the second time within 3 months of the first baby's birth! (Hmmph. That's her, not me. I didn't even want sex at that point and I doubt I was fertile anyway.)

Drinking so heavily that she has probably impaired the fetus she carries. FAS.

Drunk or not, why would she drive down a boat ramp? I wonder if she was trying to kill her baby. She could have just run into an overpass support column and killed herself and the baby instead. No, I think that she chose a means she could walk away from deliberately.

BTW, that photo of her really beefs me. She looks smug.
 
An Omro mother accused of killing her 8-month-old son will avoid a jury trial after she agreed to terms of a plea agreement Wednesday.

Kayla B. Westenberger, 28, pleaded no contest to a charge of child neglect resulting in death as a repeater, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 27 years imprisonment and a $100,000 fine.
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In exchange for her plea, charges of first-degree reckless homicide and homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle were dismissed and read in to the court record.

Winnebago County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Gritton ordered a pre-sentence investigation be completed before Westenberger is sentenced Oct. 5.
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If there is any justice in the world, she will have to serve every single second of that sentence. Hopefully, the second baby has been taken from her and by the time she gets out, she won't be able to reproduce again. There are some women who should not be mothers.

I wonder about the second baby. Where is he or she, and is he or she safe with someone who will care for her responsibly and lovingly?
 
She was a repeat offender for the charge of neglect resulting in death?!!!! They dropped the crime of homicide by intoxicated driving?!!! WTF? Isn't the second offense easier to prove? If she's killed a child through neglect before, she should be hung, FFS!
 
When the time comes, they need to yank that baby out of her and zap her immediately.. stupid bitch shouldn't want to live after doing to her baby.. 8 months old. Good god!
 
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Kayla Westenberger couldn't say no, and as a result she was drunk and high the night she drove her sports utility vehicle into the Fox River near the Eurkea boat landing.

The accident took the life of her infant son, Ricky, who was found strapped in his car seat inside the submerged vehicle.

Realizing he needed to craft a sentence that punished Westenberger, 28, but also provided enough time for her to get treatment for her addictions, Winnebago County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Gritton ordered the Omro mother to serve 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision for a conviction of child neglect resulting in death.

"How do you put a number on the life of a child that's eight months old?" Gritton said. "The numbers I say today have nothing to do with what I think the value of Ricky's life was."
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"I would hope what you take away from this experience is that your addiction needs to be corrected and at some point down the road you can be a mother to your child and live a life free of drugs and alcohol," Gritton said.

Westenberger apologized and told the court she failed her son, something she does not want to repeat with her daughter, who she was pregnant with at the time of the incident.

Winnebago County Assistant District Attorney Tracy Paider recommended sentence of 15 years behind bars followed by 10 years of extended supervision. She said Westenberger has a history of criminal offenses, many of those drug and alcohol related, and has been given opportunities for probation but was unable to follow the rules.

"She has been given chances," Paider said. "Ricky doesn't get another chance."

Defense attorney Linda Meier said Westenberger is already being punished because she has lost her son.

"I don't know how you punish a mother more than by living with the guilt of what's been done," said Meier, who recommended a sentence of seven years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision.
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A nice long stretch in prison will help her rehab efforts, if she is sincere. However, her baby should not be forced to wait for her that long. I hope baby girl is in a loving home. I'm pretty sure she's going to have FAS issues.
 
If I was as much of an idiot as this worthless piece of shit, I would beg for death. I couldn't live with myself. She should never get to lay eyes on the baby she was pregnant with. She should just go eat a bullet. Alas, it is too late. The justice system apparently disagreed.
 
"How do you put a number on the life of a child that's eight months old?"
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Lets just say 75 yrs and have her serve that too.
Worthless, pathetic, useless bitch.

Rest in peace baby Ricky Westenberger. So sorry.
 
Knew her for years

Honestly people, i knew kayla for years. And. I love her to death but I do Not agree with the decisions she makes.
Kayla has always been troubled. She has always been an addict. Both to alcohol and drugs. She has tried to recieve treatment.
And i bet you people who seem so big behind your computers don't know a damn thing about her. Well let me start from the beginning. Kayla started dating my dad when my parents first got divorced. And my mom hated her with reason. She's a bad influence. Anyone can tell that just by looking her name up online through the wisconsin circuit court records. The first time i met her she was high, i didnt know it then, but looking back on it, the way she acted says it all. She had a son at that time. The father wasnt around him and he was a piece of shit, still gave presents on his birthday and christmas , but couldnt make a simple phone call to his kid. Her son's name was riley. He was the cutest thing, and i loved him to death, however he wasnt being taken care of between my dad abd kayla always being passed out and me having to drag them to bed or onto a couch. It was bad. So i , a 12-13 year old girl took it upon to raise him. Well tht went on about a year until i couldnt do it anymore. Dont get me wrobg, i didnt give up on him. Social services did an investigation of our house and he was taken away, and put in custody of his grandma, but that didnt last long. He got adopted by another family. I pray to freaking god that he's doing good and is being treated way betterthan the care i could give him. After he was adopted. Kayla came into my bedroom drunk one night and got in my bed and wanted to pass out there and i was like fine. Then not even 5 minutes later she asked to feel my breasts. I felt so awkward that i didnt know what to do so i just let her. For about a year she disnt talk to my dad. Then one night she called my dad, tweakin out on crack. She was in omaha nebraska stranded. My dad drove ALL night to come get her, and the whole time she was sleeping on the backseat . So my point is kayla has always been troubled, and has always done stupid things when she was drunk, and thats not an excuse, but you people dont fucking know her so before you run your fuckin mouths, think about how you would feel if people were talking like that about your mom, your aunt, step mom, best friend, etc. Think about that because everybody has feelings, people that knew her included. So if you have any questions direct them torwards me, but down run your mouth about someone you dont know on a forum. Thats all.
 
Gosh almighty! If you can't talk shit on self-admitted repeat child neglecters, who can you talk shit about? Jeeeesh...

I don't have to know her - or even care to - to know she's a stupid cunt who deserves far worse than she got. All that you enlightened us with does nothing to change that opinion.
 
Pissedthefreakoff said:
Honestly people, i knew kayla for years. And. I love her to death but I do Not agree with the decisions she makes.
Kayla has always been troubled. She has always been an addict. Both to alcohol and drugs. She has tried to recieve treatment.
And i bet you people who seem so big behind your computers don't know a damn thing about her. Well let me start from the beginning. Kayla started dating my dad when my parents first got divorced. And my mom hated her with reason. She's a bad influence. Anyone can tell that just by looking her name up online through the wisconsin circuit court records. The first time i met her she was high, i didnt know it then, but looking back on it, the way she acted says it all. She had a son at that time. The father wasnt around him and he was a piece of shit, still gave presents on his birthday and christmas , but couldnt make a simple phone call to his kid. Her son's name was riley. He was the cutest thing, and i loved him to death, however he wasnt being taken care of between my dad abd kayla always being passed out and me having to drag them to bed or onto a couch. It was bad. So i , a 12-13 year old girl took it upon to raise him. Well tht went on about a year until i couldnt do it anymore. Dont get me wrobg, i didnt give up on him. Social services did an investigation of our house and he was taken away, and put in custody of his grandma, but that didnt last long. He got adopted by another family. I pray to freaking god that he's doing good and is being treated way betterthan the care i could give him. After he was adopted. Kayla came into my bedroom drunk one night and got in my bed and wanted to pass out there and i was like fine. Then not even 5 minutes later she asked to feel my breasts. I felt so awkward that i didnt know what to do so i just let her. For about a year she disnt talk to my dad. Then one night she called my dad, tweakin out on crack. She was in omaha nebraska stranded. My dad drove ALL night to come get her, and the whole time she was sleeping on the backseat . So my point is kayla has always been troubled, and has always done stupid things when she was drunk, and thats not an excuse, but you people dont fucking know her so before you run your fuckin mouths, think about how you would feel if people were talking like that about your mom, your aunt, step mom, best friend, etc. Think about that because everybody has feelings, people that knew her included. So if you have any questions direct them torwards me, but down run your mouth about someone you dont know on a forum. Thats all.
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Yes, I have a question. How old are you?

By what you have written I have to assume now that Ms. Westenberger is also a child molester too.
One day you are gonna realize what a huge piece of shit this lady is and god help the children that cross her path after her release.... Seriously.
 
Are you serious?

Seriously, how can you defend someone who sexually assaulted you? I hope your Dad gets help for his drinking but I have no pity for this baby drowning b*tch.
 
I only hope and pray this new baby she had was placed for adoption. She's proven she does NOT have the brains to be a Mommy. She's proven she's not capable of taking care of herself, much less a tiny helpless little angel. Hopefully she's still in prison among women who are dearly missing being home with their children. This sentences this skanky drunken bitch bot was an insult to that precious baby who lost his life due to HER stupidity. May he fly with angels. May the worthless egg donor who gave him life and then ended his life rot in hell for eternity.
 
carolinablue said:
I can believe her version; I hate the hell out of her, but it's entirely possible. She, being that being drunk, ran off the road, into the water. She managed to get herself out, but was too drunk to get the baby out. It's possible, even probable, that she was in a blackout.
I know quite a few recovering drunks who relate stories, and not funny ones, about their actions when blacked out; of course it was usually the cops who told them what they had done. I still hate her.
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If her BAc was .129 that long after it happened, it is highly likely she had a blackout. In a blackout anything can happen. it might have given her permission to pull a Susan Smith, maybe she forgot she had the baby with her, and possibly, very slim possibly she took a wrong turn.
 
Award goes to Pissed for the worst defence, ever!

Pretty sure if that was heard in court a few more charges would be added. This woman deserves what she got and a lot more.
 
Pissedthefreakoff said:
Honestly people, i knew kayla for years. And. I love her to death but I do Not agree with the decisions she makes.
Kayla has always been troubled. She has always been an addict. Both to alcohol and drugs. She has tried to recieve treatment.
And i bet you people who seem so big behind your computers don't know a damn thing about her. Well let me start from the beginning. Kayla started dating my dad when my parents first got divorced. And my mom hated her with reason. She's a bad influence. Anyone can tell that just by looking her name up online through the wisconsin circuit court records. The first time i met her she was high, i didnt know it then, but looking back on it, the way she acted says it all. She had a son at that time. The father wasnt around him and he was a piece of shit, still gave presents on his birthday and christmas , but couldnt make a simple phone call to his kid. Her son's name was riley. He was the cutest thing, and i loved him to death, however he wasnt being taken care of between my dad abd kayla always being passed out and me having to drag them to bed or onto a couch. It was bad. So i , a 12-13 year old girl took it upon to raise him. Well tht went on about a year until i couldnt do it anymore. Dont get me wrobg, i didnt give up on him. Social services did an investigation of our house and he was taken away, and put in custody of his grandma, but that didnt last long. He got adopted by another family. I pray to freaking god that he's doing good and is being treated way betterthan the care i could give him. After he was adopted. Kayla came into my bedroom drunk one night and got in my bed and wanted to pass out there and i was like fine. Then not even 5 minutes later she asked to feel my breasts. I felt so awkward that i didnt know what to do so i just let her. For about a year she disnt talk to my dad. Then one night she called my dad, tweakin out on crack. She was in omaha nebraska stranded. My dad drove ALL night to come get her, and the whole time she was sleeping on the backseat . So my point is kayla has always been troubled, and has always done stupid things when she was drunk, and thats not an excuse, but you people dont fucking know her so before you run your fuckin mouths, think about how you would feel if people were talking like that about your mom, your aunt, step mom, best friend, etc. Think about that because everybody has feelings, people that knew her included. So if you have any questions direct them torwards me, but down run your mouth about someone you dont know on a forum. Thats all.
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let's review, shall we?

1. She has taken drugs and alcohol while pregnant

2. She sexually assaulted a minor by your own admission

3. She drove her vehicle into water, under the influence, and abandoned her 8 month old son yet saved her own worthless hide.

4. She refused to answer questions about her son's whereabouts when those minutes could have saved his innocent life

5. I have no read anything about her being self-accountable for her atrocious actions and inactions leading to her son's death

So what is your point? How would we feel if a relative or close friend did something like this? I would be on the front row of the spectator area of the courtroom screaming for him/her to fry. That or deny any relation to the waste of space because I would be so ashamed.
 
Pissedthefreakoff said:
Honestly people, i knew kayla for years. And. I love her to death but I do Not agree with the decisions she makes.
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Be careful who you love to death. She'll claim, no doubt she loved her baby. You see, she loved him to death.

ALL I want is a picture of baby Ricky. No one seems to have one posted and looked at family FB pages too. I want him to be remembered.
Remember Ricky is the victim, 8 mo. baby strapped in his car seat forced to die.
He had NO choice but to die.
This worthless bitch had choices. She is where she is because of her choices. Fuck her.
 
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